Spotlight on failed dawn to dusk flight and court oath
A Michigan to Florida dawn to dusk flight失败 highlights air defense gaps with Maj. Lamphier urging more preparedness while Sec. Weeks questions air strength. The piece also notes the induction of Harlan Stone to the Supreme Court and reflects on dignity of the oath, plus regional mentions of railroad plans and other brief items.
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Ees
Michigan
Florida
Army Aire
Thermas J. Lamphier
America
Th. Air Force of America
Macon
Weeks
Aircraft Committee
United States
Sers
Light Chance Of More Legislation In Congress
Washington March 20 The public might regard Congress as near to end with only two measures possibly advancing the rivers and harbor bill and Meadden banking relief being debated. Observers see no broad agricultural legislation this session due to deadlock between opposing groups and conflicting bodies within the agriculture department and the president. The fight centers on cooperative marketing methods, personal interests, and the fear of filibuster in the Senate. outcome appears to be stalemate benefiting no party or the president.
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Tive Fe Midals
Illiais -Central
Waterloo
Ilinois’ Central Railroard
Flabarg
Mark Sullavan
Washington,d. C
Congress
Cranston
Antisaleon League
Cramton
Senate
McFadden
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Department of Agriculture
Independent Agricultural Commission
Coolidge
Becaus
Delivery Notice from The Courier Express
The courier service promises delivery before 5:80 o'clock and asks customers to call 5100 if the newspaper is not received by that time. A note mentions that copies will be bent and delivered once the issue is secured, with a reminder to phone before 6:80.
Finns Elect L. K. W. Relander President After Long Career
Finland elected L. K. W. Relander as president, marking the culmination of a long career in Finnish politics and signaling a respected elder statesman taking the nation’s helm.
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L. K W. Relander
Finland
Supreme Court limits rail labor board authority nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled that railroads may decide which unions represent their employees in labor disputes, narrowing the rail labor board’s arbitration role. The decision, delivered in two Pennsylvania Railroad cases, could curb the board’s reach and provoke railroad actions challenging the board as a tribunal in many disputes.
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Washington, P. Ic
Rail Labor Board
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Mystery in Death Rocks Marshalltown Man Kjormoe
Selmer Kjormoe is dead after a street curb fall in Marshalltown. Paul Black, jailed on an assault charge, says Kjormoe struck him, then toppled after a kiss and shove, dying Sunday after midnight. Witnesses describe an intoxicated man who fell and did not regain consciousness.
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Marshalltown
Selmer Kjormoe
Paul Black
Black
Kjormoe
Kiormoe
Rivers and Harbors Bill Sent to President for Approval
Senate amendments to the rivers and harbors bill were accepted today and the measure was sent to the president in Washington. It authorizes improvements estimated at 42,116,134 dollars as the total cost.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
President Extends Navy Radio Use for News Transmission
President Coolidge signed a bill extending the use of naval radio facilities to June 30 1927 for transmitting press messages across the Pacific. The measure empowers ongoing news dissemination from Washington to distant reporters and outlets, reinforcing federal support for maritime communications.
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Navy Radio
Washington, D. C
Maron
Coolidge
Pacific
Rail Heads Meet With War Dept to Plan U S Defense
Washington March 2 rail transportation officials and business leaders met with War Department officers to coordinate wartime transport and munition movement. Secretary Weeks and Gen. Hines outlined tentative defense plans stressing railways role, unified control, and single requisition unit to move men animals and equipment efficiently.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
Weeks
John L. Hines
Department
United States
Sam
emer‘Bevcy Ubless
Hines
the Interior
Interior
Jrailroads
Transportation Corps
Girl Dares Death to Save Show Cash
Des Moines report of a theater cash heist ends with Miss Glennie Rader a 20 year old cashier refusing to surrender the $2,000 bag. Two gunmen threatened her at the Des Moines theatre last night before fleeing into the crowd after her scream for help.
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Show Cash
Des Moines
Glennie Rader
Des Moines Theatre
Bankers Warn of Crooks Posing as Financial Agents
United Press reports the American Bankers Association warns business leaders nationwide about confidence men posing as financial agents. They solicit signed cards of financial ratings and signatures on business stationery. Forged checks drawn on victim banks follow, with notes misrepresenting authorization to pass as valid. In a separate incident at Kenneth Hunsinger home, a marital dispute ends in multiple fatalities and a self inflicted suicide.
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United Press
Chicago
Biz Financial
Chorus Girl Dies of Poison Draught
Des Moines reports Mrs. Ger trode Lee died from a poison draught believed taken as medicine. She succumbed at Town Lutheran Hospital. Survived by husband Harry Lee. The couple had been in town for a AMUSEMENT show at Garrick theatre last week. Home was in Auntville New York State.
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Des Moines
Gertrode Lee
Town Lutheran Nospital
Harry Lee
Garrick Theatre
One Dead Four Hurt in Crossing Crash Near Center Point
Cedar Rapids March 3 The Ball family from Center Point were riding to town when a Waterloo interurban struck their car at the Franklin street crossing. Forest Ball died in hospital and his daughter Ana age six is in critical condition. Roy, Clayton, Richard and Ana were injured with varying severity. The motorman and conductor, named local veterans of the line, reported to have sounded the crossing siren. The car overturned and occupants were crushed as the interurban halted after impact. The crash prompted officials to call the crossing dangerous and to review the line speeds and safety measures.
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Asvariated
Cedar Rapids
Forest Ball
Center Point
Waterloo Interurban
Ana
Roy
Clayton Ball
Iti
Richard
Ball
Franklin Street
Waterloo
Erys
Linn County
U S Battle Fleet Steams to Seafor Attack on Coast
The U S battle fleet begins a two month series of large scale maneuvers off Coronado Islands with fifty two vessels moving to a mobilization point and more than 190 ships expected to participate. The operation, framed as naval strategy in the Pacific, aims to invade the Pacific coast and establish a display of power by the fleet.
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U.S
Prass
San Petro
Cal
Coronado Iislands
Pacific Ocean
Morehhan
United States
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Senate Action Dim Farm Aid Prospects
Washington D C March senate agricultural committee voted to substitute the Capper Hawgen cooperative marketing farm bill for the Dickinson measure. If the senate agrees the Capper bill would go to the house which rejected it last week in favor of Dickinson. Enactment at this hour seems unlikely.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Capper
Kansas
Dickinson
Court Upholds Presidential Pardon for Grossman
The court ruled President Coolidge had authority to pardon Philip Grossman in a contempt of court criminal case. Grossman was discharged from the Chi 16820 house of correction, with the court ordering his release while he remains out on bond. Judge Carpenter and son was noted in the decision.
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Washington
Marten
Coolridgé
Philip Grossman
Ghicaze
Grossman
House of Correction
Carpenter
Stone Resigns and Takes Justice in Supreme Court
Harlan Fisk Stone resigned today as attorney general and took the oath as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in a crowded court room. Present were Frank B. Kellogg, secretary of state designate, and John W. Davis, last campaign Democratic candidate, with Chief Justice Taft conducting the ceremony.
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Harlan, Stone of
New York
Supreme Court
United States
Sureme Court
States Cannot Bar Interstate Bus Travel
The Supreme Court held that states cannot refuse permits for interstate motor carriers to use their highways. The Maryland case Fearne We Bush & Sons Co. involved a permit denial to operate for hire in interstate commerce, a ruling seen as a defeat for the Maryland carrier.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Fearne We Bush & Sons Co
Interstate
Conterce
Man Confesses to Murder of Harvey Geary in Beauvoir
United States Army sergeant Louis LeFvuire, detained after a murder investigation, reportedly confessed to the killing of Harvey Geary at Beauvoir on July 1. The suspect admitted firing at Geary and stealing 1500 frames during the crime.
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Paris
Marely
Harvey Geary
United States
Beauvoir
Louis LeFvuire
Orleans
LePatre
Murher
Gerry
No Warrant Needed for Searching Auto Washington
Prohibition enforcement agents can lawfully search an automobile without a warrant, the Supreme Court ruled today in a Michigan case affirming lower court decisions. The decision broadens police power in auto searches during prohibition enforcement. In unrelated action, the House passed a bill to appropriate funds for hospital facilities for World War veterans and sent it to the Senate.
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Washington
Prohibition
Attomabie
Supreme Court
Michigan
Fospitat
Bel
Mwasiington
D. C
Flier defends air power article publication before committee
Gen Mitchell, amid claims of disobedience to war department orders, testifies that he sought and obtained presidential permission to publish air power articles. He says the pieces contained only facts and that prepublication statements would be edited. Admiral Fiske and Gen Patrick back the publication stance, highlighting permission processes and wartime context.
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International News Wire
Washington, D.C
Mitchel
War Department
Witchell
Lampert
Stadley
Patrick
Apbroval
Allou
Mitchell
Fiske
Coe
William S. Sim
Ordarg
Web Magazin
Mitchs
Coolidge
Mason
Mitch
Dent
Rapulican
Wisconsin
Saturday Evening Post
Sea
Itea
Philadelphia
White House
Ins Oftee
ICT
London Memoir Signals Tense Broadcast in Borneo
Fragmentary dispatch recalls an English observer in Borneo hearing a long clock strike during a tense broadcast. The report notes labors of workmen and a 30 ton wag issue amid wartime communications, reflecting confusion and interwoven tales of the colonial region.
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London
Eail
North
Borneo
Explosion toll and robbery reported in Telegraph Briefs
Telegraph briefs describe an explosion near Nieltheroy Cain island killing about 100 rebels and 60 townspeople as Turkish Armenia ransacked Kharput during pillage. In San Diego two women reported an unmasked bandit robbed a hotel of diamonds worth 11000, escaping with valuables.
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Aires
Cain Island
Nieltheroy
Rio Ja
San Diego
Cal
Ars
Dorothy Smolen
B. Rose I
Los Angeles
Nolice
Woman Vanishes After Fortune in Gens Tale of Desperate Search
International wire reports a nationwide search for Mrs. Jeene Thompson, last seen in Boston after a visit to Deston. She reportedly wore jewelry worth 10,000 dollars and a leopard coat valued at 33,000. Police fear she is with four companions and unknown relatives, while connections to a deceased circus attendee are noted.
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Baston
Mass
Jeene “Thompean
New York
Mists
Fla
Foster
Jotn Thomas
Chicago
Los Ang Zeles
Thompson
Toston
Noy
Josephine Dentrio
Thompsoy
Deston
Tt Shang
Minami
Kingling
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